by Paulus Hochgatterer · Zsolnay-Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783552060272
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Die Süße des Lebens» is the crime novel by Paulus Hochgatterer, published by Zsolnay-Verlag in hardback (296 pages, in German).
An old man is murdered on a winter night; his granddaughter, who discovers the body, falls silent. Inspector Ludwig Kovacs investigates in a small town where a father abuses his daughter, a monk hears voices, and a mother believes her baby is the devil. The novel portrays a disturbing community until the culprit is found.
First instalment of the Kovacs & Horn series. Finalist for the Deutscher Buchpreis 2006 and second place in the national category of the Deutscher Krimi Preis 2007.
For readers of crime and suspense novels interested in stories with a social backdrop and a small community as the setting.
Paulus Hochgatterer is an Austrian writer and psychiatrist. He is the author of several novels and story collections. One of his novels called Die Süsse des Lebens won the EU Prize for Literature. It was translated into English as The Sweetness of Life by Jamie Bulloch.
